International Conference on Open Scholarly Communication target organisations promoting Open Scholarly Communication and Open Science, with the focus on the Social Sciences and Humanities

The International Conference Open Scholarly Communication in Europe: Addressing the Coordination Challenge was organised by the Greek National Documentation Centre (EKT), from 31 May to 1 June , in Athens as part of the European funded project OPERAS.

Distinguished speakers from Europe, North and South America  (John Willinsky, Public Knowledge Project and Abel Packer, SciELO) presented the latest developments in Open Scholarly Communication. The conference targeted all those who promote open scholarly communication, highlighted the challenges arising during the transition to an Open Science paradigm, focusing particularly on the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH).